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The 600th rocket – a story of Swedish space (part 2)

11:11 November 8, 2024

Scheduled for launch next week, the preparations for MAPHEUS-15 is underway at Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden. Just one science rocket of many? Not at all. In fact, it marks the 600th rocket launch at Esrange. Perhaps not a ...

The 600th rocket – a story of Swedish space (part 1)

11:11 November 8, 2024

Scheduled for launch next week, the preparations for MAPHEUS-15 is underway at Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden. Just one science rocket of many? Not at all. In fact, it marks the 600th rocket launch at Esrange. Perhaps not a ...

U.S. Space Force Chief visited Esrange

11:11 November 6, 2024

Last week, SSC had the honor to welcome General B Chance Saltzman, Chief of the U.S. Space Force, to Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden. During his visit, the General was shown around the new facility where EU mainland’s first ...

STERN-III STAHR – Student-built rocket goes into the sky

14:10 October 25, 2024

Students from Aachen have been building their own rocket for years. Now they have finally been able to launch it from the Esrange Space Center. “It is pretty crazy” says Sebastian Hessel, one of the students who have been working ...

SSC and India’s Skyroot announce partnership

17:10 October 21, 2024

SSC has signed a launcher tracking service agreement with India’s Skyroot Aerospace to provide ground station tracking services for the latter’s Vikram-1 launch vehicle, marking another milestone in SSC’s efforts to support the flourishing New Space industry. This follows a ...

SSC supports historic mission to Jupiter’s Europa Moon

10:10 October 21, 2024

On 14 October, NASA’s Europa Clipper, heading to Jupiter’s moon Europa, lifted off on a SpaceX launcher from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA. Being one of the most talked-about missions in the space industry at the moment, SSC is ...

SSC and ispace interviewed by The Downlink Podcast

16:10 October 15, 2024

How do you maintain a secure communications link between Space and Earth. And more specifically, how do you keep a lunar spacecraft safely connected to Earth? Lunar and deep-space communications form a unique category of space-to-ground capabilities, encountering both challenges ...

EU Ambassadors visited Esrange

14:10 October 11, 2024

On 9 October, SSC welcomed a large delegation of European ambassadors to Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden. Focusing on space policy, competitiveness and security within the European Union, the strategic importance of launch capabilities at Esrange, the only spaceport ...

Meet us at IAC 2024

09:10 October 9, 2024

Come visit our booth, #MN-E08!...

New Chair of the Board of SSC

16:09 September 30, 2024

In dialogue with the Ministry of Finance, SSC’s Chair of the Board Anna Kinberg Batra has today announced her decision to resign from her role in SSC, to fulfill her new role in the Swedish Government Offices. An acting Chair ...